Garage Wine Co. Garage Wine Co. Sauzal Vineyard 2020 750ml

The 2020 Sauzal Vineyard marked as Lot #115 from Empedrado in Maule, is a blend of 55% Garnacha, 39% Cariñena and 6% Monastrell from a vineyard originally 100% Cariñena that they regrafted with the other varieties and that they work together with grower Don Nivaldo Morales. They added around 20% of the stems in the fermentation vessel. It has moderate alcohol, 13.6%, and more freshness and acidity, which they think is because there's more Garnacha in the blend. This is one of the 2020s that seems to have escaped the vintage signature and comes through as very fresh, clean, aromatic, floral and less rustic than the majority of the other 2020s. 3,985 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022.

Rich and intense nose with ripe dark cherries and spices. A contrast of ripe fruit and demanding high acidity on the palate, with broad, nicely chewy tannins. Full-bodied, intense, ripe and long. Drink or hold.